Cardiac Surgery: Associate Staff Physician

Job Summary

Under the supervision, guidance and approval of consultant staff.

• Monitors and provides care to patients at CCAD within the Cardiac Surgery specialty
• Prescribes or administers medication, therapy and other specialized medical care to treat or prevent illness, disease or injury
• Analyzes records, reports and test results to diagnose patient’s medical condition
• Interacts with patient to gather additional history and information about medical condition
• Explains procedures and discusses test results or prescribed treatments with patient
• Provides specific treatments and/or performs operations to treat patient medical conditions
• Evaluates patient and records applicable notes about patient’s condition for purposes of serving as a record of treatment and / or a possible referral to another member of the health care professional team
• Liaisons with other medical and non-medical staff at CCAD to ensure quality patient treatment
• Performs surgical procedures and operations within the scope of Cardiac Surgery and according to Department of Health and Hospital privileges
• Supplies and provides care in a culturally appropriate and sensitive manner
• Takes part in administrative functions that ensure the continued operations of the clinical environment, such as committees, task forces and performance improvement measures
• Provides hospital on-call in patient coverage as deemed necessary
• Follows ethical and regulatory guidelines
• Adheres to individual approved clinical privileges, as well as to all policies and procedures of the Physician Staff.

Experience Requirements

• For Associate Staff (Specialist) from Tier 1 and Tier 2 countries, no additional experience required post board certification.
• For Associate Staff (Specialist) from Tier 3, not less than 3 years clinical experience as Specialist post qualification in internationally accredited institute. UAE nationals, require not less than one (1) year experience post qualification in the specialty field.
• Should meet the Maintenance of Certification requirements (where applicable)

Education Requirements

MD, MBBS, MBChB or DO or equivalent qualification from an accredited Institution and completion of specialty qualification as per the Recognized Specialty Certificate table listed in Healthcare Professionals Qualification Requirements 2024

Any application submitted without a CV will not be considered.

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